About Heschel

When The Abraham Joshua Heschel School was founded in 1983, a new model of Jewish day school was created. Named after one of the great Jewish leaders, teachers, and activists of the twentieth century, The Heschel School opened with a commitment to creating a pluralistic Jewish community dedicated to the values that characterized Rabbi Heschel’s life: intellectual exploration, respect, integrity, love of the Jewish people and tradition, and a commitment to social justice.

Admissions

Welcome to The Abraham Joshua Heschel School. We are a unique pluralistic Jewish day school, emphasizing academic excellence as well as awareness of social and communal responsibility through an offering of a superb integrated curriculum of general and Judaic studies.

Parents' Association

The PA is comprised of all parents in the school, including Early Childhood, Lower School, Middle School, and High School. We foster communication between the parent body and the administration, faculty, and staff. Throughout the year, we engage families by creating and producing community-building and educational programs.Visit the Parent PortalMy BackPackImportant DatesParent Manual

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There is no other school in New York City quite like Heschel. Across our curriculum, we foster academic excellence, as well as a love of learning and exploration and an emphasis on critical thinking. Your partnership is invaluable and we appreciate all the ways that you work with us to strengthen our school and our community.

Lower School Updates

The Lower School gathered this morning for a Rosh Hashanah assembly where the students sang, danced, and recited several blessings for the new year. Early Childhood and Lower School music teacher Naomi Cohen blew the shofar as the students called out the sounds.

Students in 5-710 sang Hayamim Chol'fim during music class as they prepare to celebrate Rosh HaShanah next week. The song translates to "The days are passing, the year is passing. But the melody always remains."

Students in grade 2 were tasked with several different engineering challenges. The lesson tasked the children to build structures with various materials, while working in groups and following classroom protocol.

The children were asked to build their design from observation and use various measuring tools and techniques to calculate their structure's height.